Lalinea is a multi-functional piece of furniture designed by Merel Karhof. It is so dynamic that it can be formed into almost anything you can imagine, a bed, armchair, stool, sofa or couch. The secret is a series of ‘n’ shaped blocks that can be fitted together in any number of configurations. A bit like building your furniture from Lego!
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Faces in Places is an entertaining little blog all about finding faces in unlikely inanimate objects. Great for a quick laugh, and interesting to see the varied objects take on a weirdly human form that is sometimes intended but mostly accidental.
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Tiger Magazine is a simple yet abstractly beautiful screen magazine. Created by Takeshi Hamada way back in 2000, it’s currently running at issue 33 and features a wonderful mix of art, design and photography. (Note. If any of you know the artist who created the work featured above, please tell me so I can include a credit. T.)
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Designfenzider sit clearly on the border of conceptual yet functional design. Their playful pieces are at once strikingly different from conventional items, yet are all designed to be perfectly functional. Shown above is the curiously named ‘Dear Ingo’, a chendelier made up of 16 seperate task lamps.
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James McAdam’s projects are definitely high on concept. I love the ‘Good Morning Pillow’ (shown above) which leaves a message for your significant other imprinted on your face in the morning. Also shown above is the ‘Wake Up Alarm’, a very clever piece of biological tampering which works on the principle of drinking water before bed in order for your body to wake you up at a certain time!
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I’ve been a fan of Nixon watches for quite some time now, but have never managed to own one myself (I don’t really like wearing watches). That seems set to change with the realase of the Nixon Ceramic Player. This sweet piece of swiss engineering is part of the Nixon Elite Class, a range of top-of the line timepieces. Now, does anyone want to lend me £1,100?
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Danish design firm Kilo have got it going on! As well as being the designers of the AIAIAI ‘Swirl’ headphones, they’ve also got a great range of furniture and other industrial design. Featured above is the ‘Roulade, a mixture between a chair and a couch. Looks damn comfortable to me.
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John Contino is one dope typographer. Moreover, in his blog he describes his process and how decisions are made as he rationalises his type work.You can also see more of John’s design work at his studio website, onetwentysix.
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